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can my employer pay my medicare premium instead of taking it out of social security
Social security: 6.2%
Social security and medicare
Medicare is not paid out of Social Security. The two are funded by different payroll taxes.
A few public employees do not pay FICA/Medicare, but that number is decreasing.
A. Social Security and Medicare E2020
In most years, your employer will deduct the following from your paycheck: Social Security: 6.2% of your gross pay Medicare: 1.45% of your gross pay However, in 2011 Obama signed into a law a "payroll tax holiday" as part of the continued effort to stimulate the economy. For 2011 only, the social security tax coming out of your paycheck is 4.2% instead of 6.2%, meaning that this year you will take home more money than you would in a "normal" year. Your employer matches these amounts too -- they pay another 6.2% for social security, and another 1.45% for Medicare. Under the payroll tax holiday, only your portion of social security is reduced to 4.2% -- your employer is still paying 6.2% of your pay into social security for you.
Social Security doesn't pay for any medical care. Medicare will pay for group care for a limited period when necessary for rehabilitation.
Yes each pay the 7.65% of the social security and medicare tax amount.
No. FICA taxes (Social Security, Medicare, etc) are only paid on earned income.
It is calculated on a percentage basis of the gross income.
No. Social Security pays cash benefits and makes disabled and retired people eligible for Medicare, medical insurance available through the US government. Medicare does not pay for elective procedures, like liposuction.